Road Warriors: Beware of ‘Video Jacking’
2016-08-13
A little-known feature of many modern smartphones is their ability to duplicate video on the device’s screen so that it also shows up on a much larger display — likeRead More →
Hacker Guccifer 2.0 Claims DCCC Hack, Leaks Data Online
2016-08-13
Over the last month and a half, ThreatConnect has authored a number of blog posts pulling at strands of a nebulous Russian spiderweb of malicious infrastructure – one data pointRead More →
New Scylex Banking Trojan Kit Surfaces on the Dark Web
2016-08-13
Scylex – “the next big thing” in terms of banking trojan. Threat-intel experts from Heimdal Security and the CSIS Security Group have uncovered a new banking trojan called Scylex, currently advertisedRead More →
New Information Stealing Trojan Steals and Uploads Corporate Files
2016-08-13
Corporate cybercrime and information theft has become a very lucrative business for malware developers. Not only does it allow them to steal corporate secrets to sell to the highest bidder, but it canRead More →
New air-gap jumper covertly transmits data in hard-drive sounds
2016-08-12
“DiskFiltration” siphons data even when computers are disconnected from the Internet. Researchers have devised a new way to siphon data out of an infected computer even when it has been physicallyRead More →
BLUETOOTH HACK LEAVES MANY SMART LOCKS, IOT DEVICES VULNERABLE
2016-08-12
Sławomir Jasek with research firm SecuRing is sounding an alarm over the growing number of Bluetooth devices used for keyless entry and mobile point-of-sales systems that are vulnerable to man-in-the-middleRead More →
An ATM hack and a PIN-pad hack show chip cards aren’t impervious to fraud
2016-08-12
The good news? Hacks are limited for now. The bad news? Hackers will get better. Security researchers are eager to poke holes in the chip-embedded credit and debit cards that haveRead More →
This Is What the World’s Spies Used Instead of MSN Messenger
2016-08-11
What do spies use to chat online? A terribly ugly Windows programme. At least, that’s what the Five Eyes intelligence alliance (made up of the US, UK, Australia, New Zealand andRead More →
Linux bug leaves USA Today, other top sites vulnerable to serious hijacking attacks
2016-08-11
“Off-path” attack means hackers can be anywhere with no man-in-the-middle needed. Computer scientists have discovered a serious Internet vulnerability that allows attackers to terminate connections between virtually any two partiesRead More →
Security Researcher found vulnerabilities on the HP Website
2016-08-10
The security expert Rafael Fontes Souza has discovered vulnerabilities in the website of HP (Hewlett Packard) and decided to explain concepts of code review to mitigate the risk of thisRead More →
Automated systems crawl the DarkWeb to find Zero-Days
2016-08-10
A team researchers at Arizona State University (ASU) is crawling the Darkweb searching for zero-days for Proactive Cybersecurity Threat Intelligence.Can finding zero-day vulnerabilities be as easy as crawling the Darkweb?Read More →
IPv6 router bug: Juniper spins out hotfix to thwart DDoS attacks
2016-08-10
Vulnerability common to devices routing IPv6; Cisco offered partial fix in July. Juniper Networks has found and mostly patched a flaw in the way the firmware on its routers process IPv6Read More →
Risk From Linux Kernel Hidden in Windows 10 Exposed at Black Hat
2016-08-09
LAS VEGAS–Microsoft’s Windows 10 includes many innovative security features that are intended to help minimize risk and improve user experience. One such feature is Credential Guard, which aims to protectRead More →
Microsoft won’t fix Windows flaw that lets hackers steal your username and password
2016-08-08
The flaw, which allows a malicious website to extract user passwords, is made worse if a user is logged in with a Microsoft account. A previously disclosed flaw in WindowsRead More →
QuadRooter: New Android Vulnerabilities in Over 900 Million Devices
2016-08-08
Check Point today disclosed details about a set of four vulnerabilities affecting 900 million Android smartphones and tablets that use Qualcomm® chipsets. The Check Point mobile threat research team, whichRead More →
A flaw in Samsung Pay could be exploited to remotely skim credit cards
2016-08-08
The security expert Salvador Mendoza demonstrated that is it easy to steal Samsung Pay tokens and reuse them to make fraudulent purchases. The security researcher Salvador Mendoza has discovered aRead More →
Backdoor.Remvio: Highly customizable remote access Trojan sold online
2016-08-06
The new Trojan can be used to steal information and passwords from compromised computers. Symantec recently noticed that an Italian malware author called z3r0 is selling a new remote accessRead More →
How to hack an election in 7 minutes
2016-08-06
With Russia already meddling in 2016, a ragtag group of obsessive tech experts is warning that stealing the ultimate prize in —victory on November 8— would be child’s play. WhenRead More →
Cracking HawkEye Keylogger Reborn
2016-08-06
I had never heard of ‘HawkEye Keylogger’ until I’ve read the following blog post from Trustwave. I’ve found the amount of features quite interesting and I was curious to haveRead More →
Understanding the Windows Credential Leak Flaw and How to Prevent It
2016-08-06
This week there has been a lot of news about a flaw in Windows that could be used by web sites to easily gain access to a visitor’s Windows login nameRead More →
